Re: The Tomb, I want to DELETE District 9

I wanna keep it. To me it has some horror elements and heavy subject matter (such as in some scenes) to it. For example when.....drag to see text.

Our main protagonist is forced to shoot a innocent 'prawn' or when he is taken through the Multi-National United labs and we see horrific treatment of 'prawns' by their tortured corpses. Or when the head mercenary casually walks over to a injured prawn and shoots him in the head. U could literally see that guy as a perfect fit in a Nazi SS uniform.

So, As u guys have probably realised my own definition of Horror is relatively broad. I mean to me one of the aspects of horror that very strongly relates to me is when it is based or has very strong similarities to real life. Therefore the scenes as i have described above are particularly disturbing because we can see them as a political comment in the context of South Africa's very real and horrific apartheid past.

Re: The Tomb, I want to DELETE District 9

Re: The Tomb, I want to DELETE District 9

Vasquez wrote:

I wanna keep it. To me it has some horror elements and heavy subject matter (such as in some scenes) to it. For example when.....drag to see text.

Our main protagonist is forced to shoot a innocent prawn or when he is taken through the Multi-National United labs and we see horrific treatment of 'prawns' by their tortured corpses. Or when the head mercenary casually walks over to a injured prawn and shoots him in the head. U could literally see that guy as a perfect fit in a Nazi SS uniform.

So, As u guys have probably realised my own definition of Horror is relatively broad. I mean to me one of the aspects of horror that very strongly relates to me is when it is based or has very strong similarities to real life. Therefore the scenes as i have described above are particularly disturbing because we can see them as a political comment in the context of South Africa's very real horrific apartheid past.

this was also my logic in keeping it but seems we are VERY much the minority.

Re: The Tomb, I want to DELETE District 9

It's not a horror movie, kick it out. I don't understand the fascination with lumping pure sci-fi movies into the horror category - not that it's particularly prevalent around here, but I have seen it around.

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^^There are some exceptions made for sci-fi films, say like Terminator or Aliens, but those do have some(what) scary parts in them. D-9, in my opinion, belongs more on movies-online rather than HM. But I'm just a monkey.

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^^Yeah but Horror isn't purely about scares. Surely it can encompass a range of HORRIFYING emotions like disgust, shock, revulsion. In fact here is the definition of Horror: An intense feeling of fear, shock, or disgust.

Ergo if u make a exception regarding sci films that may scare u like Terminator (incidentally I would argue that District 9 has far more disturbing scenes, such as the one I describe in my first post, and for the various reasons I mentioned, than Terminator has scary ones) then u should make a exception for District 9.

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Exactly right aza as long as people understand and respect my view on District 9 Im happy (though I admit I do get very passionate about my views) and im not gonna bash peoples head over with it. Basically I think that though District 9 isn't pure horror like say the Exorcist but i believe that the elements I have highlighted make it, for me at least Sci-fi/Horror (65% Sci Fi 35% Horror).

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Vasquez wrote:

^^Yeah but Horror isn't purely about scares. Surely it can encompass a range of HORRIFYING emotions like disgust, shock, revulsion. In fact here is the definition of Horror: An intense feeling of fear, shock, or disgust.

Ergo if u make a exception regarding sci films that may scare u like Terminator (incidentally I would argue that District 9 has far more disturbing scenes, such as the one I describe in my first post, and for the various reasons I mentioned, than Terminator has scary ones) then u should make a exception for District 9.

I don't consider Terminator or anything about it "horror." To me, like District 9, it's sci-fi. That it has a great deal of action and splatter is beside the point. Die Hard has scenes of suspense and gore, but should we consider that a horror movie, too?

A horror film isn't defined by splatter. It's defined by plot, by theme and by execution. And District 9 is about as purely sci-fi in plot, theme and execution as it gets.

No offense intended, V. I respect your opinion, we just happen to disagree on this one.

Re: The Tomb, I want to DELETE District 9

I have deleted the movie. as much as I thought it was worth having on the site ( I was the one who added it ) I think a solid point was made here and on our twitter and facebook that it had NO place on a top horror list.

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Tks bud. it is a huge pain in the ass but its coming along nicely. ( works on mobile devices as well ). Today we have 14,000 votes in response to the ATROCIOUS top list I posted yesterday. The list is getting better.